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HANGUL SYLLABLE SAN
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삐 ←→ 새

Jeju

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from .

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?san
Revised Romanization (translit.)?san
Yale Romanization?san

Noun

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(san)

  1. mountain
    Synonym: 오름 (oreum)
  2. tomb
    Synonyms: (me), 봉분 (bongbun)

Korean

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Korean word from .

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?san
Revised Romanization (translit.)?san
McCune–Reischauer?san
Yale Romanization?san

Noun

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(san) (hanja )

  1. mountain
    타다/오르다san-eul tada/oreudato climb a mountain
  2. (metonymically) graveyard; mountainside cemetery
    Synonym: (more common) 산소(山所) (sanso)
Usage notes
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  • Small elevations of less than 100 meters, which would normally be considered "hills" in English, are often called (san) in Korean.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from .

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?san
Revised Romanization (translit.)?san
McCune–Reischauer?san
Yale Romanization?san

Noun

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(san) (hanja )

  1. (chemistry) acid
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Etymology 3

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Sino-Korean word from .

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠(ː)n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?san
Revised Romanization (translit.)?san
McCune–Reischauer?san
Yale Romanization?sān

Noun

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(san) (hanja )

  1. (formal, less common) calculation
    Synonym: (more common) 계산(計算) (gyesan)
    틀렸다.San-i teullyeotda.The calculation is wrong.
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Etymology 4

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Sino-Korean word from .

Suffix

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—산 (-san) (hanja )

  1. made in..., product of...
    한국(韓國) (han'guk, Korea) + ‎산(産) (san) → ‎한국산(韓國産) (han'guksan, made in Korea)
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